Antique Persian Bidjar with an overall Mina Khani Trellis design vintage native american rugs The fats in the milk

The fats in the milk also leaves a deep and rich patina and glow in the wood

These blessings are for the good of all humanity and also help the devotee live a good life in accumulating wisdom and resulting good karma

The twill (the fine design) is complex in contrast to the bold rows of diamonds designs

Some say this is used during summer to keep the deity

and animals

Antique Persian Bidjar with an overall Mina Khani Trellis design vintage native american rugs The fats in the milkA wonderful example of a chunky and thick antique Persian village rug, c. a. 1880 1910 from what is now the N. W. Persian city of Bijar in Persian Kurdistan. Known as "The Iron Rug" contemporary Bijar rugs have wool pile on a cotton foundation while the older ones like this example have a wool pile on a wool foundation. The resulting sensation or "handle" is rich and velvety. The patina and saturated colours on this rug are magnificent and all dyes